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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 26, 2026
Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms
How do clusters of galaxies form? Since our universe moves too slowly to watch, faster-moving computer simulations are created to help find out. One famous effort is TNG50 from IllustrisTNG, an upgrade of the famous Illustris Simulation. The first part of the featured video tracks cosmic gas (mostly hydrogen) as it evolves into galaxies and galaxy clusters from the early universe to today, with brighter colors marking faster moving gas. As the universe matures, gas falls into gravitational wells, galaxies forms, galaxies spin, galaxies collide and merge, all while black holes form in galaxy centers and expel surrounding gas at high speeds. The second half of the video switches to tracking stars, showing a galaxy cluster coming together, complete with stellar streams. The outflow from black holes in TNG50 is surprisingly complex and details are being compared with our real universe. Studying how gas coalesced in the early universe helps humanity better understand how our Earth, Sun, and Solar System originally formed.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Km-GzMrSY
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Bright object streaking across Canterbury sky identified as meteor
Jul 26, 2026 7:50 pm
A bright object seen streaking across the Canterbury sky has been identified as a meteor, while another unusual orange streak photographed around the same time was a contrail.
People across Canterbury contacted chrislynchmedia.com on Sunday evening after spotting a bright object moving through the sky, with photographs showing different streaks above the region.
One image captured over the Port Hills showed a bright object with an orange trail moving across the sky.
Steve Wyn Harris, a citizen scientist from Fireballs Aotearoa, which tracks meteors and meteorites across New Zealand, said the object photographed over the Port Hills was a meteor.
“We now know there was a fireball meteor which fell out to sea off the East coast of Canterbury at 5.51pm.”
However, he said a separate photograph showing a long, wavy orange streak while looking west was a contrail.
“The fireball at 5.51pm on the 26th July was seen by a good number of eyewitnesses in Canterbury, east of Christchurch and likely out at sea given we are yet to hear of anyone hearing a sonic boom which indicates the event is close to the witness,” Wyn Harris said.
“It was just too early for our camera network to be recording as they come on automatically when it gets a bit darker.
“Anyone with security camera, dashcam or weather cameras in Canterbury facing east should check the footage between 5.50 and 5.52pm and report to FireballsAotearoa@gmail.com if they have captured this fireball.
“A fireball is a large meteor which in turn are also known as ‘shooting stars’.
“On average, New Zealand has three to four fireballs large enough to drop a meteorite onto the ground although they can be quite small.
“In March 2024, the Fireballs Aotearoa camera network detected a fireball that we calculated might have dropped a meteorite onto the ground near Tekapo.
“We organised a search and found it within 30 minutes.
“The Takapō Meteorite was subsequently confirmed as NZ’s 10th recognised meteorite and is now on display in Tūhura Otago Museum.”
The distinction explains why photographs sent to chrislynchmedia.com appeared to show different shapes in the sky.
The Port Hills image showed a much more concentrated bright object and trail, while the western image showed a longer, twisting orange formation.
The sightings prompted significant interest across Canterbury, with dozens of people contacting chrislynchmedia.com after seeing unusual activity in the evening sky.
Christchurch resident Robert Wells reported seeing what he described as an “awesome shooting star” moving towards the Port Hills.
“It was really low,” he told chrislynchmedia.com.
“It had a bright green tail and orange ball, couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/bright-object-streaks-across-canterbury-sky/
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